Rob
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Boston absolutely has reasons to let Theo go. 1.) Due to the structure of his contract, keeping him around next season will cost the Red Sox seven million dollars. That's a lot to pay to a lame duck GM. 2.) Cherington has already been told he'll be taking over as GM. Reversing that decision now would at best have an adverse affect on morale and at worst might make him more likely to leave for the Angels/Orioles job. 3.) Theo is gone after this year regardless. So, to sum up... keeping Theo around for one more year will cost them three times more salary than the next highest paid GM* and quite possibly cause them to lose the guy they've been grooming for the job for half the last decade. That's a lot to lose in negotiations. *(Cashman at ~$2.2 mil, IIRC)
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Kinda surprised to have not heard any more news this evening.
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I always picture him as hedonism bot http://www.oliviawaite.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/tumblr_lg7g43xeY11qb6oyt.jpg
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That was reported a few pages down. That's a no-brainer. It's been by far the most likely outcome, but I hadn't seen anything yet saying there'd been official word from the bosses.
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Tim Brown of Yahoo is reporting that Cherrington has been told he's gonna be the next GM of the Red Sox.
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We should really bring back the hottest woman contests.
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There used to be a sticky with links to other teams bigger message boards... don't know what happened to it. Might be worth reviving if we're gonna get excited about the Cubs again. It's still in the FAQ forum. I honestly didn't know there was a FAQ forum.
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There used to be a sticky with links to other teams bigger message boards... don't know what happened to it. Might be worth reviving if we're gonna get excited about the Cubs again.
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I think he's earned it. Don't you?
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I just wasted about 3 million potential children.
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Man, you're about as much fun as emphysema. Johnny Carson had emphysema. Johnny Carson was fun.
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I don't think Adrian Gonzalez was in the list of worst contracts... they just had a list up top of the contracts with the most money left on them. The "these contracts are really shitty" list started a bit lower.
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He's absolutely right. Or at least he is about half the time. When the wind is blowing in, our high-powered HR guys do have a very hard time doing anything. Of course, if we didn't have those guys at all, we'd lose every game where the wind is blowing out at Wrigley. For the Cubs, the right answer is probably a mix. Other teams might be able to get away building their team more towards one side of the spectrum or the other. How many guys in baseball let alone on the Cubs are HR or nothing guys. You act like there are dozens of Dave Kingmans that we need to avoid. Did I say there were? I thought I was giving the equivalent response to "you know, stats and scouting makes for a better front office than just one or the other."
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He's absolutely right. Or at least he is about half the time. When the wind is blowing in, our high-powered HR guys do have a very hard time doing anything. Of course, if we didn't have those guys at all, we'd lose every game where the wind is blowing out at Wrigley. For the Cubs, the right answer is probably a mix. Other teams might be able to get away building their team more towards one side of the spectrum or the other. So the answer is to get good hitters. I was thinking 8 Jacoby Ellsburys, one of whom could play short.
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He's absolutely right. Or at least he is about half the time. When the wind is blowing in, our high-powered HR guys do have a very hard time doing anything. Of course, if we didn't have those guys at all, we'd lose every game where the wind is blowing out at Wrigley. For the Cubs, the right answer is probably a mix. Other teams might be able to get away building their team more towards one side of the spectrum or the other.
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Considering the amount of money being paid for the team you'd expect they're going to get a nice payroll bump. Between that and the Friedman rumors, I'm not too torn up over the Astros leaving the division. Still not happy about year-round interleague though.
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I went to bed last night certain that this whole Epstein situation was going to turn back into a pumpkin by the time I woke up. I don't know how to be excited and optimistic about the Cubs... but I'm beginning to learn.
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And Soriano... and Casey Coleman, Rodrigo Lopez, etc. I think it's just going to be money. I think it's going to be 2nd tier talent. Probably better than what the Marlins gave up for Ozzie, but not someone that should superbly trouble the fanbase. At best, perhaps could see a Flaherty get sent that way. I'll be surprised if it's a better talent than that, unless it's one of our low level kids. Just a guess. Honestly, I wouldn't be shocked to see us go as high as Brett Jackson or even Andrew Cashner. And I can't say I'd turn either of those down. i wouldn't be too thrilled about jackson, because he'd be an everyday player under team control for several years, and while he's unlikely to be an all-star, there's a good chance that he's at least a solid regular. i like cashner's arm, but let's be realistic about him - he's 25 and has had arm trouble, and he's likely to be a relief pitcher. even if he turns into daniel bard or whatever, you're getting one of the best GMs in the game and a guy who will shape the organization's future for the next several years. that's really not an unreasonable trade-off. Exactly. The simple fact of it is that while guys like Jackson and Cashner are useful, a solid regular and a good setup guy aren't franchise cornerstones. A good GM (like Epstein) should be able to negate the losses of guys like that pretty easily over the course of his term here.
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And Soriano... and Casey Coleman, Rodrigo Lopez, etc. I think it's just going to be money. I think it's going to be 2nd tier talent. Probably better than what the Marlins gave up for Ozzie, but not someone that should superbly trouble the fanbase. At best, perhaps could see a Flaherty get sent that way. I'll be surprised if it's a better talent than that, unless it's one of our low level kids. Just a guess. Honestly, I wouldn't be shocked to see us go as high as Brett Jackson or even Andrew Cashner. And I can't say I'd turn either of those down.
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you really think that the cubs and red sox would have theo epstein making the decision about compensation for himself? come on. Beane did when he was originally planning on jumping ship to the Red Sox. He and DePo had decided on Youkilis as the compensation. Hanley and Shoppach were being considered as well. really??? that seems completely insane to me. but i am sure that red sox front office people and a's front office people would have been involved. azgm made it sound like epstein would be working the deal out himself. I imagine it would be Epstein and Cherrington making a quick negotiation of it, then Cherrington sending it up the ladder for approval.
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you really think that the cubs and red sox would have theo epstein making the decision about compensation for himself? come on. Beane did when he was originally planning on jumping ship to the Red Sox. He and DePo had decided on Youkilis as the compensation.
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He's got the tools to stick at SS, but unless he tightens up his defense a bit he probably profiles best at 3B. Likewise, he's got all the necessary tools that his bat could play at 3B... but unless his plate discipline improves considerably he probably profiles best at SS.
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I for one am checking around to find confirmation... but everything just links back to Buckley. I learned my lesson from Brian Roberts and Jake Peavy. I can wait a while before getting excited.
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I've had no issues since you posted this. Think it may have done the trick. ;) Thanks so much!
